Ukwethulwa kwohlobo lokuqala lweBlackBerry nohlelo lwe-Android kube ngolunye lukalamula kanti olunye ngesihlabathi. Le nkampani ithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu ngeBlackBerry Priv, kepha intengo yayo ayizange ihambisane nayo nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ukuze ibe inketho yokuba sebangeni eliphakeme, lapho i-Apple ne-Samsung kusengamakhosi khona. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule iBlackBerry yethule i-DTEK50 ne-DTEK60, amatheminali ngawo inkampani ibifuna ukufaka ikhanda layo maphakathi nebanga ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nezidingo zokuhamba okuphephile kwezinkampani, kepha bebengazimisele ukutshala imali eningi esigungwini ngasinye.
Lezi zinhlobo zakamuva, esevele zitholakala emakethe, sezivele zenziwe yi-TCL, enamalungelo okusebenzisa leli gama kumatheminali eliwavula emakethe emhlabeni wonke, ngaphandle kwamazwe ayi-5, lapho iBlackBerry kuye kwadingeka ifinyelele khona isivumelwano nenye inkampani ukuyakha nokuzimaketha. Phambilini besivele sikutshele nge-terminal elandelayo ezokwethulwa yinkampani yaseCanada emakethe, iBlackBery Mercury, ukuphela okubandakanya ukubuya kwekhibhodi ebonakalayo kumatheminali enkampani.
Namuhla sikukhombisa izithombe ezimbili ezintsha zalesi siginali esisha, i-terminal lapho okugqame khona kakhulu yikhibhodi ebonakalayo, okuyi izohlanganisa inzwa yeminwe kubha yesikhala ukuvula ukufinyelela ku-terminal. Ngaphezu kwalokho, futhi isinikeza izinkinobho ezintathu zokubamba ezitholakala ngaphansi kwesikrini, okuzosivumela ukuthi sixhumane ngokushesha ne-terminal lapho sisebenzisa ikhibhodi ebonakalayo. Umzimba wedivayisi wenziwe nge-aluminium futhi njengoba sikwazi ukubona ezithombeni, isikrini sizoba nezinhlangothi ezigobile. Ngaphakathi sizothola i-Snapdragon 821, iprosesa efanayo esetshenziswa njengamanje ku-DTEK 60. Ngokuphathelene nebhethri, isitoreji sangaphakathi noma imemori ye-RAM, akukho lwazi olungakadalulwa